Template:FJC Bio/sandbox

{{{name}}} at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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Usage

{{FJC Bio}} allows linking to the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges of the Federal Judicial Center, using parameter of subject.

This template adds articles to Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges.

Parameters

{{{nid}}} (optional; will fetch value from Wikidata property P12000 if possible) = The 4-digit, 7-digit or 8-digit ID number in the current URL, such as 1381166 in https://www.fjc.gov/node/1381166.
{{{id}}} or {{{1}}} (optional; use the current ID number if possible) = The 2-digit, 3-digit or 4-digit ID number in the former URL, such as 844 in http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=844. This generates an archived link, such as https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=844&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na.
{{{name}}} (optional) = The link text, which should be the name of the judge. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "… (judge)" or "… (politician)".
{{{inline}}} (optional) = When using the "id" parameter or unnamed parameter 1, setting "inline" to any value such as yes or 1 prevents the template from displaying a leading bullet before the text; this is necessary when using the template in an inline citation.
{{{access-date}}} (optional) = Adds a retrieval date to the citation. Format unfortunately does not respect {{Use mdy dates}} tags and must be specified using |date-format=mdy.

Format

Current ID number in Wikidata or template

{{FJC Bio}} or
{{FJC Bio | nid= 1234567 | name= John Smith }}

Former ID number number in template (archived link)

{{FJC Bio | 1234 | John Smith }} or
{{FJC Bio | id= 1234 | name= John Smith }}

Examples

Current ID number in Wikidata or template

URL: https://www.fjc.gov/node/1381166

Usage in the article John Joseph Gibbons: * {{FJC Bio}}; * {{FJC Bio | nid= 1381166 }}; {{FJC Bio | nid= 1381166 | access-date= 2025-12-10 }}; {{FJC Bio | nid= 1381166 | access-date= 2025-12-10 | date-format= mdy }}; {{FJC Bio | nid= 1381166 | access-date= 2025-12-10 | date-format= iso }}

Output

John Joseph Gibbons at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
John Joseph Gibbons at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

John Joseph Gibbons at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 10 December 2025.

John Joseph Gibbons at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved December 10, 2025.

John Joseph Gibbons at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 2025-12-10.

Former ID number in template (archived link)

URL: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=844&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na

Usage in the article John Joseph Gibbons: {{FJC Bio | 844 }}; {{FJC Bio | id= 844 | inline= yes | access-date= 2025-12-10 }}; {{FJC Bio | id= 844 | inline= yes | access-date= 2025-12-10 | date-format= mdy }}; {{FJC Bio | id= 844 | inline= yes | access-date= 2025-12-10 | date-format= iso }}

Output

John Joseph Gibbons at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

John Joseph Gibbons at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 10 December 2025.

John Joseph Gibbons at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved December 10, 2025.

John Joseph Gibbons at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 2025-12-10.

No parameters and Wikidata property not defined

Usage: {{FJC Bio}}

Output

{{FJC Bio}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

Tracking categories

TemplateData

This template displays an external link to a judge's biography from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges of the Federal Judicial Center.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Current ID number	`nid`	The 4-digit, 7-digit or 8-digit ID number in the current URL, such as 1381166 in https://www.fjc.gov/node/1381166. Default Wikidata property P12000	Number	optional
Former ID number	`id` `1`	The 2-digit, 3-digit or 4-digit ID number in the former URL, such as 844 in http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=844. This generates an archived link, such as https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=844&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na.	Number	optional
Name	`name` `2`	The link text, which should be the name of the judge. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(judge)" or "(politician)". Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional
Inline	`inline`	When using the "id" parameter or unnamed parameter 1, setting "inline" to any value such as "yes" or "1" prevents the template from displaying a leading bullet before the text; this is necessary when using this template for an inline citation. Example yes	String	optional
Access Date	`access-date`	The date when the FJC BIO was accessed. It allows the template to be used as a reference, rather than as an external link.	Date	optional
Date Format	`date-format`	The date format used when displaying the "access-date" parameter. This defaults to dmy, so "2023-12-11" displays as "11 December 2023". Default dmy Example mdy	String	optional

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